A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between QinetiQ and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia to collaborate on a range of research and technology development programmes which could include autonomy, robotics, sensors, communications and remote sensing.
Westminster, Maryland-based CTRL Systems and Adria Machine have been given the US Department of Transportation (DOT) approval for the leak detection system customized specifically to detect holes 10/1000th of an inch in drums fabricated from steel and plastic.
Plantronics has launched the Voyager PRO UC Bluetooth headset that makes communications easy for mobile users by combining voice presence across multiple smart phones and PC–based soft phones.
CardioMEMS, has launched an accelerator that monitors heart patients.
The PS4224-IEPE 20MHz 12bit two-channel PC oscilloscope adapter from Saelig can be deployed with an accelerometer or microphone to monitor vibrations and audio waveforms.
A student team belonging to the USC Viterbi School of Engineering was awarded a prize for the Best Paper at the IEEE Homeland Security Conference that was held in November 2010, for a perimeter protection system that they created.
A new study reveals that the fly arranges the hair-like structures of its nervous system to feel and hear. That method now serves as a model for refining wireless sensor networks, among other computer applications.
For the first time ever in the UK, sensors that alert police to the exact location of gunshots were installed. West Midlands Police has installed dozens of the ‘ShotSpotter’ sensors in north-west Birmingham in a bid to combat gun crime in the city.
Norfolk will get new noise sensors installed on the roads to reduce the number of owl deaths caused by traffic. The Hawk and Owl Trust, located in Fakenham, is finding black spots where barn owls are hit and killed by vehicles.
The Gilbert Public Schools board has entered into a contract with the Phoenix-based Climatec Building Technologies Group to perform energy-saving upgrades for numerous buildings and 39 schools in the Gilbert district.